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In the fifth encounter of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, IPL 2022 winners Gujarat Titans (GT) are taking on Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, March 25. Shubman Gill will be hoping to return victorious on his team’s home ground, Punjab-based franchise will walk out with IPL 2024 winning captain Shreyas Iyer leading them from the front.
As the two skippers walked out for the toss, it was Gujarat Titans who emerged victorious. Shubman Gill opted to bowl first, thus inviting the PBKS to put the score first on the board. “We will bowl first. It is a good cricketing wicket. There is some dew here. Just keeping it in mind. Dew is a big factor here. Big targets can be chased down,” Gill said.
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GT named Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan as their three overseas in the XI, while kept Sherfane Rutherford and Glenn Phillips were named in the impact subs. On the other hand, PBKS went with Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, and Marco Jansen, leaving no place for Australian wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis.
GT vs PBKS IPL 2025 Playing XI
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Impact Subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Subs: Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod
